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Is your website a commercial risk (and why it could be without you realising it)?

Is your website a commercial risk (and why it could be without you realising it)?

As automated website traffic threats become more sophisticated, fragmented security and manual website management can expose organisations to unnecessary operational and commercial risk.
Staff Writer Nov 9 2026 7:00AM Partner Content
Critical flaws strike PHP as disclosure embargo is broken

Critical flaws strike PHP as disclosure embargo is broken

Uncoordinated disclosure of large-scale vulnerability threat via social media.
Juha Saarinen Oct 21 2026 7:58PM Security
Second alert from ACSC in two months shows unpatched CMS bugs still exploited

Second alert from ACSC in two months shows unpatched CMS bugs still exploited

WordPress plugins targeted.
Juha Saarinen Jul 10 2026 6:31AM Security
'ClickFix' attack tricks users into hacking themselves, ACSC warns

'ClickFix' attack tricks users into hacking themselves, ACSC warns

"Verify that you are human" prompt used to deliver Vidar Stealer malware.
Juha Saarinen May 8 2026 4:50PM Security
Supply chain attack with malware hits Gravity Forms for WordPress

Supply chain attack with malware hits Gravity Forms for WordPress

Malicious code attempts to download additional payload.
Juha Saarinen Jul 14 2025 8:35AM Security
GoDaddy took weeks to revoke compromised certificates

GoDaddy took weeks to revoke compromised certificates

Not hours.
Juha Saarinen Dec 10 2021 2:30PM Security
Gravatar profile add-on leaks data on millions of users

Gravatar profile add-on leaks data on millions of users

Details of just under 114 million users in hackers' hands.
Juha Saarinen Dec 6 2021 1:21PM Security
GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users' data

GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users' data

Up to 1.2 million customers caught up.
Staff Writer Nov 23 2021 3:30AM Security
Card skimming raids plague online stores

Card skimming raids plague online stores

Quick and lucrative.
Juha Saarinen Jun 29 2020 11:44AM Security
Verizon to sell Tumblr to WordPress owner

Verizon to sell Tumblr to WordPress owner

Site's value lives up to name.
Staff Writer Aug 13 2019 1:30PM Strategy
WordPress update breaks future updates

WordPress update breaks future updates

Fix requires manual installation.
Allie Coyne Feb 8 2018 1:56PM Software
Mass defacements hit unpatched WordPress sites

Mass defacements hit unpatched WordPress sites

Almost two million sites hacked.
Juha Saarinen Feb 12 2017 8:23PM Security
How News Corp Australia made WordPress scale

How News Corp Australia made WordPress scale

Inside one of the world's biggest deployments.
Allie Coyne Jan 20 2017 11:30AM Strategy
WordPress patches XSS, privilege escalation bugs

WordPress patches XSS, privilege escalation bugs

26 other vulnerabilities plugged in update.
Juha Saarinen Sep 16 2015 7:55PM Security
WordPress patches critical XSS vulnerability

WordPress patches critical XSS vulnerability

Commenters could cross-site script.
Juha Saarinen Apr 28 2015 7:30AM Security
Wordpress resets logins after Gmail credentials leak

Wordpress resets logins after Gmail credentials leak

600,000 Wordpress accounts found in dump.
Juha Saarinen Sep 14 2014 6:04AM Security
Thousands of sites hacked through insecure Wordpress plug-in

Thousands of sites hacked through insecure Wordpress plug-in

Users not updating Mailpoet.
Juha Saarinen Jul 24 2014 11:08AM Security
WordPress automates patching

WordPress automates patching

One less thing to worry about.
Danielle Walker Nov 1 2013 9:00AM Security
Holes found in most popular WordPress plugins

Holes found in most popular WordPress plugins

Plugins downloaded millions of times.
Darren Pauli Jun 21 2013 2:11PM Security
WordPress botnet targets admin accounts

WordPress botnet targets admin accounts

Massive brute force botnet.
Danielle Walker Apr 16 2013 11:06AM Security

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